People of Earth is the amazingly quick-witted and fast paced comedy show that you better watch or ALL of the unicorns will die… especially the cute baby unicorns- they’ll die first!
I was primed to like this show more than a 50% discount on Blue Jays tickets. The comedy cast is overflowing with known national treasures: Wyatt Cynac, Ana Gasteyer, Brian Huskey, and Oscar Nunez, but is blessed with new talent who have quick comedic timing that matches perfectly with the snappy dialogue. In short, this is NOT a show to knit to, tweet during, or otherwise be distracted by when watching; so, take your adderall and focus because this show is NO SHIT LEGIT! SIDE NOTE: I’m seriously thinking about getting on the adderall bandwagon; weight loss inducing intellectual steroids sound pretty fucking awesome to me!
The pilot begins with Ozzie (Wyatt Cynac) having a nightmare about hitting a deer in Beacon, New York with a deer behind him saying, “Don’t get weird, but you’re about to hit a deer” and he wakes in a sweat. He’s on assignment to Beacon to investigate a UFO Abductee support group.
At the support group, we learn that there are three types of Aliens: Reptilians, Whites (who look like Lord of the Rings Elf People), and Greys (who look like scrotums). Also, we learn that the jokes fly fast. The group therapy scenes are the heart of the sitcom. The jokes play off of one another brilliantly!
Ozzie finishes his alien support group article and goes to his boss Jonathan Walsh (Michael Cassidy) in New York City who basically runs a Buzzfeedish clickbait listicle mill. His boss doesn’t get humor and speaks in business school-ease at all times like a young Mitt Romney. Jonathan wants Ozzie to return Upstate to Beacon and learn more about the people in the support group.
Upon returning to Beacon, Ozzie discovers that the abductees all have boring jobs or don’t work. Ozzie learns about the abductions and that their stories are similar. However, there are two people who don’t share abduction stories: the group leader Gina and Gerry who has never made contact with an alien, but wishes that he did. There have been some reviewers who think this points to these two or either being aliens, but I don’t know or care because their delivery is fucking great and I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole. Ozzie realizes that his nightmares match the stories that he is hearing.
Ozzie believes that HE was abducted. Ozzie becomes furious when he discovers that his boss published his draft article about the group with their REAL names, causing Ozzie to quit his job with Buzzfeedish. He decides to explore his abduction memories and takes a job in Beacon at the local paper.
The show ends with us learning that Jonathan is a Reptilian – DUN DUN DUN.
ROLL HILARIOUS CREDITS!
There are aliens on the mothership above earth being hysterical. The funniest and snarkiest alien is the scrotum looking whom I shall call Scroty on the show he’s named Jeff, but Scroty is more apt.
This show is THE funniest show on television. Period. Remember, if you don’t watch, ALL the unicorns will die!
Through the Shattered Lens 